Road Trip

Brother H. et. al. will be traveling west after the reunion in Milwaukee, and will swing through the Northwest. Time will be limited (isn't it always?) so we need to point out the highlights, the "Must See's" as opposed to the Should See and the Nice to See. To that end, we figured we'd better get off out butts and see some of the stuff people had been telling us that we should see. Well, this is what we saw yesterday:



This is called the Vista House. It has been closed for four years for renovations. It reopened two days ago. This is why it is called Vista House:

The view looking east, up the Columbia River Gorge, and

the view looking west, towards Portland.

We proceeded east, up the Gorge to the town of Hood River, known around the world for the quality of it's apples and the fact that the geological configuration of the area creates a natural wind tunnel. It provides excellent wind surfing conditions almost year round. We stopped and watched some of the "Dudes" practice their moves


You can't see it very well, but there are a bunch of guys kite surfing out there.